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Ministry of Culture
Aakashvani Sangeet Sammelan will henceforth be called Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan
The prestigious Akashvani Music Festival, will hereinfter be named after Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Prakash Javadekar made this announcement at a Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Centenary Commemorative function organized in Pune today.
All India Radio, besides its regular music broadcasts, has endeared itself to its classical music listeners by organizing the Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan, in which prominent artistes from across the country perform.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Javadekar said "Doordarshan and All India Radio have opened the doors of huge musical treasure of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi to the general public. These recordings are now available on YouTube and the Ministry of I&B is making efforts to reach them to larger audience across the country.
"Music has many forms and it has power to motivate us. Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal could function for 67 years without break because of the blessings of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Pandit ji was dear to one and all. The way he performed for shows in foreign countries similarly he performed for people of all the strata of life", reminisced Shri Javadekar on this occasion.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was conferred the Bharat Ratna award in 2009.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was born on 4 February 1922 at Gadag, then part of Dharwad district of Karnataka. Pune was his Karmabhoomi where he attained fame as a pre-eminent exponent of the Khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music - bhajans and abhangs.
Senior leader Sharad Pawar and Shri Vinay Sahasrabuddhe were also present on this occasion.
Pandit Joshj's disciples Upendra Bhat and Anand Bhate performed on this occasion.
Prime Minister's Office
On the second day of G7 Summit, Prime Minister takes part in two sessions
On the second day of the Outreach Sessions of the G7 Summit, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi took part in two sessions titled ‘Building Back Together—Open Societies and Economies’ and ‘Building Back Greener: Climate and Nature’.
Invited to speak as a Lead Speaker in the session on Open Societies, PM recalled that democracy and freedom were a part of India’s civilizations ethos. He shared the concern expressed by several Leaders that open societies are particularly vulnerable to disinformation and cyber-attacks, and stressed the need to ensure that cyberspace remains an avenue for advancing democratic values and not of subverting it. Hihglighting the non-democratic and unequal nature of global governance institutions, PM called for the reform of the multilateral system as the best signal of commitment to the cause of Open Societies. The leaders adopted the ‘Open Societies Statement’ at the end of the meeting.
In the session on climate change, PM highlighted that the planet's atmosphere, biodiversity and oceans can not be protected by countries acting in silos, and called for collective action on climate change. Speaking about India's unwavering commitment to climate action, he mentioned the commitment by Indian Railways to achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2030. He stressed that India is the only G-20 country on track to meet its Paris commitments. He also took note of the increasing effectiveness of the two major global initiatives nurtured by India i.e. the CDRI and the International Solar Alliance. Prime Minister stressed that developing countries need better access to climate finance, and called for a holistic approach towards climate change that covers all dimensions of the problem- mitigation, adaptation, technology transfer, climate financing, equity, climate justice and lifestyle change.
Prime Minister's message of global solidarity and unity, especially between open and democratic societies and economies, in tackling the global challenges of health, climate change and economic recovery was well received by the Leaders at the Summit.
Ministry of Railways
Permission given to Zonal Railways to issue unreserved tickets is meant ONLY for suburban and limited no of local passenger trains operating on few zones.
There has been NO change in policy to run all express trains including festival specials and clone specials as fully reserved train ONLY as yet.
Further changes, as and when they happen, would be informed to all concerned accordingly.
Few Stories have been published in certain sections of media about issuance of unreserved tickets . It is informed for guidance of all that-
There has been NO change in policy to run all express trains including festival specials and clone specials as fully reserved train ONLY as yet.
Accordingly till, further advice the existing mail express special trains including festival/holiday specials, clone specials which are running on fully reserved basis  shall be continued as fully reserved only, by issuing reserved tickets for second class coaches and passenger portion of SLRs also."
Permission given to Zonal Railways to issue unreserved tickets is meant ONLY for suburban and limited no of local passenger trains operating on few zones.
Running of trains, norms of travel and reservations are constantly evolving under Covid times. Further changes, as and when they happen, would be informed to all concerned accordingly.
Prime Minister's Office
PM celebrates Silver medal in Tennis Men's Doubles event at Asian Games 2022
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Men's Doubles pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni on winning Silver medal in Tennis Doubles event at Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou.
The Prime Minister posted on X:
“Great news. Thanks to our tennis players. Congratulations to our Men's Doubles pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni on winning an Asian Games Silver Medal. Their exceptional teamwork has left us all in awe. My best wishes for their upcoming endeavours.”
Ministry of Communications
TRAI issues Directions to Access Providers to stop misuse of Headers and Message Templates, and to curb unauthorized promotions using Telecom Resources
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India  under Ministry of Communications, in order to ensure that all promotional messages are sent through Registered Telemarketers  using approved Headers and Message Templates on Distributed Ledger Technologies  platform, and also to stop misuse of Headers and Message Templates, has issued two separate Directions to Access Service Providers under Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018  and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 .
TRAI has observed that Headers and Message Templates of Principal Entities  are being misused by some Telemarketers. To stop the same, Access Service Providers have been directed to;
- reverify all registered Headers & Message Templates on DLT platform and block all unverified Headers and Message Templates within 30 and 60 days respectively.
- ensure that temporary Headers are deactivated immediately after the time duration for which such headers were created.
- ensure that content variables in Message Template do not have flexibility to insert undesired contents. Entities involved in message transmission should be clearly identifiable and tracked, if required.
- remove confusions among recipients of message and prevent their misuse, no Look-alike headers  are to be registered by Access Providers in names of different Principal Entities.
To curb messages from unauthorised or unregistered telemarketers, including telemarketers using telephone numbers, Access providers have been directed to-
- Bar all Telemarketers, who are not registered on Distributed Ledger Technologies  platform from handling the message template scrubbing and delivery of messages to recipients through Access Providers’ network;
- Ensure that promotional messages are not transmitted by Unregistered Telemarketers or Telemarketers using telephone numbers ;
- Act against all such erring Telemarketers as per the provisions of the regulations and initiate actions as per relevant legal laws. The Access Service Provider shall also notify details of such Telemarketers to other Access Providers, who shall, in turn, bar these entities from sending any kind of commercial communications through their networks;
All the Telecom Service Providers have been directed to comply with the above directions within thirty days.
For any clarification/information Shri Jaipal Singh Tomar, Advisor  TRAI may be contacted at Tel. No. 011-23230404.
Cabinet
Historic reforms initiated in the Space sector
Private sector participation in Space activities approved
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved far reaching reforms in the Space sector aimed at boosting private sector participation in the entire range of space activities. The decision taken is in line with the long-term vision of the Prime Minister of transforming India and making the country self-reliant and technologically advanced.
India is among a handful of countries with advanced capabilities in the space sector. With these reforms, the sector will receive new energy and dynamism, to help the country leapfrog to the next stages of space activities.
This will not only result in an accelerated growth of this sector but will enable Indian Industry to be an important player in global space economy. With this, there is an opportunity for large-scale employment in the technology sector and India becoming a Global technology powerhouse.
Key Benefits:
Space sector can play a major catalytic role in the technological advancement and expansion of our Industrial base. The proposed reforms will enhance the socio-economic use of space assets and activities, including through improved access to space assets, data and facilities.
The newly created Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre  will provide a level playing field for private companies to use Indian space infrastructure. It will also hand-hold, promote and guide the private industries in space activities through encouraging policies and a friendly regulatory environment.
The Public Sector Enterprise ‘New Space India Limited ’ will endeavour to re-orient space activities from a ‘supply driven’ model to a ‘demand driven’ model, thereby ensuring optimum utilization of our space assets.
These reforms will allow ISRO to focus more on research and development activities, new technologies, exploration missions and human spaceflight programme. Some of the planetary exploration missions will also be opened up to private sector through an ‘announcement of opportunity’ mechanism.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Commerce Minister to Chair Joint Meeting of Board of Trade & Council for Trade Development and Promotion
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, PiyushGoyal, will chair a joint meeting of the Board of Trade and the Council of Trade Development and Promotion in New Delhi on 6th June 2019.
Discussions will be held on various issues relating to promotion of exports and domestic manufacturing and reduction in imports. Issues related to improvement in logistics, agricultural export will also be discussed.
Secretaries of Departments of Commerce, Revenue, Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Civil Aviation, Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Agriculture, Information Technology, Textiles and other Ministries of Government of India will be participating in the high level joint meeting along with representatives of Export Promotion Councils and representatives of Industry.
The Board of Trade advises the Commerce and Industry Ministry on policy measures connected with the Foreign Trade Policy in order to achieve the objectives of boosting India’s trade.
The Council for Trade Development and Promotion ensures the continuous dialogue with State Governments and UTs on measures for providing an international trade enabling environment in the States and to create a framework for making the states active partners in boosting India’s export.
Ministry of Railways
NEW STOPPAGE TIMINGS OF BHUBANESWAR-NEW DELHI DURONTO EXPRESS AT ADRA
Kolkata, October 30, 2019
It has been decided to reduce stoppage timings of 12281/12282 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Duronto Express at Adra from existing 10 minutes to 5 minutes in both directions. Consequently, 12281 will stop at Adra for 5 minutes w.e.f 30.10.2019 and 12282 will stop at Adra for 5 minutes w.e.f 01.11.2019.
12281 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Duronto Express will arrive Adra at 14.55 hrs and will depart at 15.00 hrs. In the opposite direction, 12282 New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Duronto Express will arrive Adra at 03.45 hrs and will leave at 03.50 hrs.
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President's Secretariat
President of India to inaugurate first Uttar Pradesh international trade show at Greater Noida tomorrow
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu will visit Greater Noida  tomorrow  to inaugurate the first Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM praises sanitary napkin plant initiative in Shimla
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that the sanitary napkin plant in Shimla will lead to women empowerment as it is promoting health as well as employment.
Responding to a tweet by MP Shri Suresh Kashyap, the Prime Minister said.
"शिमला का यह सेनेटरी नैपकिन प्लांट महिला सशक्तिकरण की दिशा में एक सराहनीय पहल है। बहुत खुशी की बात है कि यह उनके स्वास्थ्य के साथ-साथ रोजगार का भी साधन बना है।"
Ministry of Defence
89TH AIR FORCE DAY : AIR DISPLAY
The Indian Air Force proudly celebrates its 89th anniversary on 08 Oct 2021. A scintillating air display by various aircraft will be the hallmark of the Air Force Day Parade-cum-investiture Ceremony at Air Force Station Hindan . Rehearsals for the display will commence from 1st October 2021 . Area over which aircraft will be flying at low levels are Wazirpur bridge -Karwalnagar - Afjalpur -Hindan, Shamli - Jiwana - Chandinagar - Hindan, Hapur - Philkua - Ghaziabad - Hindan.
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BIRDS POSE A VERY SERIOUS THREAT TO FLYING AIRCRAFT, SPECIALLY
AT LOW LEVELS. EATABLES THROWN OUT IN THE OPEN ATTRACT BIRDS. TO ENSURE SAFETY OF THE AIRCRAFT, PILOTS AND PEOPLE ON GROUND, THE INDIAN AIR FORCE REQUESTS ALL CITIZENS OF DELHI, GHAZIABAD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD NOT TO THROW EABABLES AND GARBAGE IN OPEN. ALSO, IF THEY FIND ANY CARCASSES/ DEAD ANIMALS LYING OUT IN OPEN, THEY MUST REPORT TO THE NEAREST AIR FORCE UNIT / POLICE STATION TO ARRANGE FOR ITS DISPOSAL. ALSO PLEASE CALL/SMS OFFICER INCHARGE BIRD HAZARD COMBAT TEAM  ON CELL NO. 9434378478
The Air Display will commence with flag bearing sky divers of the famous AKASH GANGA Team dropping out of AN-32 aircraft in their colourful canopies, at 08:00 AM.
The flypast would include heritage aircraft, modern transport aircraft and frontline fighter aircraft. The ceremony will conclude at 10:52 AM with spellbinding aerobatic display.
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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
IREDA and BVFCL sign MoU for Green Energy collaborations
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.  today signed Memorandum of Understanding  with Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited  for providing its techno-financial expertise in developing Renewable Energy projects and fund raising. The two companies are PSUs under Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers respectively.
The MoU was signed by Shri Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman & Managing Director , IREDA and Dr. Siba Prasad Mohanty, CMD, BVFCL in the presence of Shri Chintan Shah, Director , IREDA, Dr. R. C. Sharma, CFO, IREDA, and other senior officials.
Under the MoU, IREDA will undertake Techno-Financial due diligence of Renewable
energy, Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia, Energy Efficiency & conservation projects for BVFCL. IREDA will assist BVFCL in developing an action plan to create and acquire Renewable Energy projects for the next 5 years.
CMD, IREDA while singing the MoU said that IREDA believes this collaboration will inspire other companies of Chemical & Fertilizer sector like BVFCL to cut carbon emissions and being environment friendly. It is a way forward for IREDA to play key-role for development of North-East India through Green Energy.
Shri Das further underlined that this MoU will support in contributing to achieve Govt. of India target of reducing its carbon emission to 45% by 2030 in line with commitment made by Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in CoP 26. Recently, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced that the country's total installed Renewable Energy capacity, including hydro, crossed 150 gigawatt and out of 150 GW, IREDA has supported more than 19 GW RE installation in the country.
The MoU with BVFCL is the fifth one signed by IREDA within one year. Earlier, IREDA has signed MoUs with SJVN, NHPC, TANGEDCO and NEEPCO to extend its Techno-Financial expertise for Green Energy projects.
Prime Minister's Office
PM lauds the effort by the Times of India group towards highlighting the importance of tiger conservation
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has praised the good effort of Times of India group towards highlighting the importance of tiger conservation. Shri Modi also shared a video of Tiger Anthem by TOI group.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
“This is a good effort by the @timesofindia group towards highlighting the importance of tiger conservation. Thanks to the people, our nation has made commendable strides in this area.”
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Shri Nitin Gadkari Presides over Meeting to Discuss Setting up of Design and Product Development Centres for Khadi
Design Houses Would Help Modernize Khadi Designs
Top Designers Attend the Discussion
The Khadi and Village Industries Corporation  under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises proposes to establish National Design and Product Development Centres in the country to facilitate Khadi institutions develop trendy designs as per market demand. Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister for MSME and Road Transport & Highways presided over a brainstorming session in New Delhi today, to discuss the modalities and way forward in this regard. Secretary MSME Dr Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary Textiles Shri Ravi Capoor, Chairman KVIC Shri VK Saxena, reputed designers Ms RituBeri, Shri Rohit Bal, Shri JJ Valaya , Shri RaghavendraRathor and senior officials from the Ministries of MSME and Textiles, KVIC, National Institute of Design , National Institute of Fashion Technology  attended the meeting.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Gadkari said that in order to maximize the production and sale of khadi and make it a global brand, there is a need for to make its designs more trendy and modern, without compromising with tradition. He saidwe need to make khadi attractive for the youth of the country. The product designs should be aligned to customer choices and demand, and take into account the local and regional preferences and requirements like weather condition, local designs etc.
The proposed design houses will facilitateKhadi institutions in developing products according to market demand. The primary role of a design house will be to identify the latest design trends, adopt them as per customer needs and undertake various testing and review activities for translating them into production. Design house will help Khadi to gain customers’ trust and lead to increase in production and employment generation.
Shri Gadkari has asked the designers to send their ideas and suggestions in this regard to KVIC and Ministry of MSME for further discussions.
KVIC’s proposal is to set up four design houses – one each in the eastern, western, northern, southern parts of the country, besides one in the north east. These could be on BOT mode or on Outsourcing basis. However, these issues, would be worked out in further meetings and discussions.
Ministry of Textiles
Ministry of Textiles engages with various stakeholders across the entire cotton value chain to harmonize their interest
India is a cotton surplus country wherein production is more than consumption. Taking into consideration the estimated opening stock of cotton year , there is no shortage of cotton and cotton yarn in the country.
The year-on-year price of cotton since 2017, year wise is as under:-
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Crop Year
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Average Domestic Rates
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Rs./ candy
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2017-18
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42,500
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2018-19
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44,100
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2019-20
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37,700
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2020-21
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46,900
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2021-22
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70,200
Ministry is constantly engaged with various stakeholders across the entire cotton value chain in respect of the prices of cotton and cotton yarn to harmonize their interest. Prices are affected by market forces of demand and supply. In addition, cotton being an internationally traded commodity, its price is also affected by the price in the international market. Export of textiles and apparel during April-January 2021-22 is USD 34.459 billion, posting a growth of 49% over the same period in 2020-21 .
This information was given by the Minister of state for Textiles Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
National Project of Soil Health
National Project on Soil Health and Fertility was a sub-scheme of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture  under Umbrella Scheme–Green Revolution-Krishonnati in “Agriculture Sector during 14th Finance Commission period. Now, it is being implemented as a Soil Health component of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana  Scheme during 15th Finance Commission period. Soil Health component of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana  Scheme is a continuing scheme with aim to promote soil test based Integrated Nutrient Management  through conjunctive use of chemical fertilizers, organic fertilizers and bio-fertilizers. Promotion of INM system is expected to reduce consumption of chemical fertilizers and increase use of organic sources of plant nutrients, which in turn improve the soil fertility as well as nutrient use efficiency.
Budget estimates are prepared by the department on the basis of actual release in the previous year and the estimated demand in the current year. However, the actual release of funds is dependent upon various enabling conditions like utilization of funds released earlier, submission of Utilization certificate, receipt of physical-financial progress, receipt of matching State share compliance by States /UT’s of relevant Government of India guidelines etc. Non fulfillment of enabling conditions adversely affects the release funds to States/ UTs.
Due to various reasons, the demand of funds by states, compile in all aspects, and release of funds to States was slow during 2021-22, leading to reduction in allocation from Rs.350.00 Cr at BE Stage to Rs.100.00 Cr at RE stage.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.